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Friday, December 18, 2015

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THE LADY WHO LIVED AGAIN

THE LADY WHO LIVED AGAIN

The Sole Survivor Series #1

Thomasine Rappold

Releasing Dec 8th, 2015

Lyrical Press

Madeleine Sutter was once the belle of the ball at the popular resort town of Misty Lake, New York. But as the sole survivor of the community’s worst tragedy, she’s come under suspicion. Longing for the life she once enjoyed, she accepts a rare social invitation to the event of the season. Now she will be able to show everyone she’s the same woman they’d always admired—with just one hidden exception: she awoke from the accident with the ability to heal.

Doctor Jace Merrick has fled the failures and futility of city life to start anew in rural Misty Lake. A man of science, he rejects the superstitious chatter surrounding Maddie and finds himself drawn to her confidence and beauty. And when she seduces him into a sham engagement, he agrees to be her ticket back into society, if she supports his new practice—and reveals the details of her remarkable recovery. But when his patients begin to heal miraculously, Jace may have to abandon logic, accept the inexplicable—and surrender to a love beyond reason…

With
a shake of his head, Jace stood, preparing to track the deer. He would find out
the truth soon enough, though with a wounded deer, one could never be certain
as to how soon that might be. Mrs. Tremont was in dire need of protein. Since
the old woman had no husband or sons, Jace would do what he must to provide it.

It
had taken only one house call to discover that the duties of the country doctor
entailed catering to each patient on a more personal level than was possible
with the human wreckage he’d treated at Pittsburgh Hospital. Although his
office had yet to open officially, he already knew the hell of the emergency
ward—and the endless misery that flowed through its wide double doors—was a
stark contrast to a small-town practice. He could make a real difference in
Misty Lake, and not just to the wealthy summer visitors. Here he’d have the
time to focus on each patient case without the patch-them-up-and-ship-them-out
approach of the hospital. The change would be just what he needed to replenish
his spirit from the toll of the daily tragedy that had sucked him dry.

Inhaling
deeply, he forged past the memory of his internship in the city and the
suffocating despair that came along with it. The pine-scented breeze coursed
through his senses, anchoring him back to the present. The beauty of his
current surroundings lifted his mood. There was nothing like a walk in the
woods and reconnecting with nature to remind him that he was alive.

Perhaps
if he’d found some comparable diversion from his rote existence in the city, he
might have fared better there. Not that it mattered now. He’d made a decision
to build a practice in the country, and he intended to succeed come hell or
high water. Even so, he knew that, as a stranger, he should expect some initial
hostility and skepticism from Misty Lake’s residents. Miss Sutter had merely
acted upon the resentment that a lot of her neighbors were nursing privately.

Swatting
at a horsefly, he took a few steps in the direction in which the deer had
bolted, searching the ground for the blood trail that would lead to his prey.
Bloody hoof prints led from the scene. Hunching down for a closer look, he
followed the tracks to a birch log, scanning the ground as he moved. “What
the…?”

Not
a single droplet of blood lay anywhere in the vicinity of the tracks. Had the
deer’s wound simply stopped bleeding? He scratched his head, glancing around.
The blood flow might have ebbed somewhat, but to cut off entirely without
leaving a trace? Preposterous. There had to be a logical explanation. There
always was. As a man of science, Jace was curious to know what the devil that
explanation was.

He
inspected the peeling bark on the decaying log, then saw something flutter on
the ground behind it. He reached for the discarded leaf of paper trapped in the
weeds. Miss Sutter’s? He collected the thing, then read with interest the
letter that was, indeed, addressed to Madeline Sutter.

The past is the past, my dear friend, and you must lay it to
rest. Eventually, the town will follow suit.

Who
was this strange woman he’d encountered in the middle of nowhere? The woman who
refused to attend her friend’s wedding, but had no qualms about dislodging an
arrow from a wild animal or ordering a man twice her size off her property?

Madeline
Sutter intrigued him, and few women accomplished that feat. Jace looked forward
to meeting her again. He glanced toward the path through the field. Locating
her residence wouldn’t be difficult. And her dropped letter gave him the
perfect excuse to pay her a visit. For the moment, though, he had a deer to
track in the opposite direction.

He
gathered his things, then headed into the woods. When he returned to town, he
would ask around about his latest acquaintance. Whoever she was, he couldn’t
wait to find out more.

A three-time RWA Golden Heart nominee,
Thomasine Rappold writes historical romance and historical romance with
paranormal elements. She lives with her husband in a small town in upstate New
York that inspired her current series. When she’s not spinning tales of passion
and angst, she enjoys spending time with her family, fishing on one of the
nearby lakes, and basking on the beach in Cape Cod. Thomasine is a member of
Romance Writers of America and the Capital Region Romance Writers. Readers can
find her on Facebook and follow her on Twitter: @ThomRappold.